September  5,  1901. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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Art  in  tl}e  Conservatory. 
The  handsome  illustration  on  this  page  is  one  of  the  prize 
photographic  exhibits  of  the  Agricultural  and  Horticultural  Association, 
to  whose  kindness  we  are  indebted  for  the  use  of  the  block.  It 
artistic  interest  to  this  phantasmagoria  of  natural  and  artificial 
elegance.  Specimen  Rhododendrons,  Pbyllostach}  s,  Camellias,  Roses, 
Titouchinas,  and  a  host  of  dwarfer  subjects  are  excellently  adapted 
for  such  a  conservatory,  while  on  the  roof  one  could  train  Abuti  ons, 
Lorjiceras,  especially  the  Trumpet-Honeysuckle,  L.  sempervirens. 
Fuchsias  might  also  be  used,  and  Plumbago  capensis,  Swainsonia 
galegifolia  alba,  Clianthus  puniceus,  for  the  lower  parts,  together  with 
NATURE  UNDER  GLASS. 
represents  the  interior  arrangement  of  a  spacious  conservatory  attached 
to  a  palatial  residence,  and  may  stand  as  a  model  how  such  capacious 
crystal  structures  can  be  most  effectively  furnished,  so  that  the  full 
grandeur  of  their  appearance  may  be  developed.  We  see  great  electric 
arc  lights  depending  from  the  high-arched  roof,  and  seemingly 
a  handsome  representation  of  a  Venus  statue  furthermore  adds 
Hibbertia  dentata,  Maurandia  scandens,  Solanum  Seaforthianum,  and 
S.  Wendlandi,  Tacsonias,  Passifloras,  Clematis,  Hidalgoa  Wercklei,  and 
who  knows  what  else  besides. 
Ferns  can  be  dotted  on  the  stages,  and  where  these  are  broad  a 
great  variety  of  foliage  and  [  flowering  plants  can  be  splendidly 
arranged  in  masses  or  in  mixture. 
